Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Baxter Springs came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Baxter Springs in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Baxter Springs. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Baxter Springs data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Baxter Springs:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Kansas (1950)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Kansas (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Oklahoma (1948)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Baxter Springs is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Baxter Springs in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Baxter Springs for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Baxter Springs. See our Misc Page for Baxter Springs for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Baxter Springs:

Baxter Springs was mentioned in the following schedule:

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)